an and Southron . g??e*ed a* where sh?i visited her sister, Mrs. H. D..Ged dings. .; ? Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Folley, Mr. a*d Mrs. A.'T; Heath, ' Mr. anil Mrs. J. IL Guthrie and Mr. and Mrs. M?ck Boykin left this morn ing for MurrelTs Inlet to spend several days.- * Dr. Carl B. Epps has announced :hai' in future his practice will* be limited' to' general surgery. Dr. Epps served about five years as as sistant "surgeon on the staff of the Tuorney Hospital, and has been operative surgeon for the. past five years, having- succeeded the late Dr. S. C : Baker. cMr. and Mrs. Hugh Fr?ser and d?highter Miss Nan will arrive to night to sitend a few days with1 Mr. and' Mrs. 3. M. Dick. ? i?? ? Annual Meeting of Sumter Dfetriee Sunday 1 The annual convention of the Sumter District Christian Endeav or Union met-at the . Presbyterian church on Sunday, November 26th. The meeting proved quite an en thusiastic one, delegates number ing about 87. The following, pro gram was- rendered: v '"V 11:3 0?Song - service. /11:49-Devotional, led by Dr. J? P. Marion of Sumter. ? 1 f ? 50?Special - music. 12WO?.Address; Dr. J. P. Ma rion. -12:20?Song. 12:35?Announcements, and ap pointments of committees. 1 v 12?40-^Ae permitted when duels'- with swords or pistols are forbidden?" Mr. Luquet kindly refrains from adding that many boxing matches held in Paris lately have caused nrore damage to the participants than the majority of the duels. Carpentier had ten chances to one of coming through a duel with pistols tmscathed.- A little prick frvm the tip of a. disinfected sword would have caused the referee to call the fight,-in the event of a meeting on the field of honor. * \ ^Another point which Mr. Luquet makes is that the school children of Paris, owing to the publicity given to pugilistic encounters, all imagine that when they reach twenty years of age they will be champions of France and Navarre, with the result that they are de voting more time to flattening the noses and cauliflowering the ears of their comrades than to the study of the classics or modern sciences. Many Cases Appear ing on Court Docket Indicate Activity of Officers, Says Judge Watkins to Grand Jufy -T:; :"" Anderson. S.-C- Nov. 28.?Ven turing the assertion that "traffic of ii^uor. is going to- be broken up because it is -wrong; or at least in South Carolina, and without long delay." Federal Judge H. H. Watv kins, presiding at the fall term of Federal Court for the Western dis trict of South Carolina which con vened-this morning for-a session in Anderson of two- weeks, deliv ered a powerful charge to the grand jury, when he referred to the> many violations of the liquor laws but asserted that the numer- j bus liquor eases* appearing on the1 federal docket does not indicate that- the law was being violated to any: extent, but the greater activ- j ity of officers in curbing the traffic | of liquor.' ?? - At the outset Judge Watkins charged the grand jury concerning the technical features of -the na tional prohibition law as well as dwelling upon several cases ^of vio lations -of another nature which were also .handed to the-body for action during this term of court "It is-a significant fact," began Judge Watkins, "that during the year ending July 1922, this court dk#osed of-more than 500 cases,: most of them being violations of. the- liquor laws. From expressions^ pro and -con, in public print to be: found In other sections ? m?re so than in this, one would infer that| the ? prohibition - act-is' on trial j rather- than the violators of the lawi. "Under our system." con tinued Judge Watkins, ""public opinion has its rights and the slo gan1 of free speech and thought had been the- watchword of the people.; So- jealous are the American people of these rights and of any restric tion that we often mistake license df-speech- for liberty of speech, which permits the criticism of the people and of the-law. The coun try should* not be impatient with just criticism for there are imper fections in our system that must be eliminated and there are dan gers 'which must be guarded against. "Bootleggers are encouraged by the. criticism of leading citizens. Prohibition is designed to put down one of the great evils of today and I will ? venture the assertion, -t you may say what you will; think what you will, -but this traffic is going to be broken- up because it is wrong or at least in South Carolina and without long delay. I have that faith in my people. Judge- Watkins intimated that in; his opinion a great stride and one of telhng effect has been taken toward the abolition -of liquor traf- j fie. The fact that the many cases! On the- docket does not indicate: tl?tt there are more violations ofj the Taw-but that officers are' more { actrVe ^nd> alert." Those who are j engaging in the business are not f finding- it profitable, Judge Wat kins said. In concluding his charge Judge Watkins declared in sub stance that violations of the liquor law and trials for these violations have resulted in practical bank- j rtiptcy: of many individuals! Study Agricultural Finance For! _ Amendments. . Chicago, Nov. 15 (By the Asso-! ciated Press)?Study ?of agricultur-? al finance, with the view of recom- i mending amendments to existing laws to Jnclude a system of short j time credits for the American i farmer, will be taken u?> at thej annual convention of the Southern! Commercial ^Congress, to convene; here November 20. Financing of the exportation; of the surplus farm crops of Afhcr- j iea, as well as discussion of the; extension of credits, will be brought j before the meetings, according to j Dr. Clarence J. Owens, president j of the congress. This will be in j furtherance of the work of the j congress in pushing the enactment j of the federal farm loan system,! which Dr. GHvens characterizes as j the greatest achievement of the congress since its organizatino in By a resolution passed at the convention at Nashville in 1912, the| congress assembled a commission ! directed to investigate agricultural j organization and cooperation in! eighteen countries of Europe. Va- i rious state laws resulted, including j the marketing law of California,! and the Short Time Credits law ofl New York, and the Federal Farm j Loan Act, under which there were j established twelve great banks, and j more than four thousand farm loan j associations, with loans to date ag- i gregating more than $800,000,000. j "It was this Law, without any further federal legislation, that car ried America through the World War, furnished the margin of fin ance . for Amer:<-.?n agriculture whereby we produced the food for our army and navy, for our coun try, and, to a large extent, lor our allies," said Dr. Owens/ "The benefits that have accrued to America are being carried to other countries of the western hemisphere and the movement now is act:velv on that will, in a large measrre. regenerate the agricul tural life of the Americas and will react in value to the industrial and commercial life of these na tions." - What sounds worse than a phon ograph almost run down? GLOOM I Executions of Greek ; "Ministers Causes Great Excitement By the Associated Press Lausanne,' Nov. 29.?The execu tion of the former Greek ministers has caused great excitement in the jNear East peace conference, and I has generally cast a gloom over the delegations. 'Lausanne Peace I Conference . ? I Greek Delegates Attend Meet j ' ihg of Committee Despite ! v Athens Executions By the Associated Press Lausanne. Nov. 29.?The Greek delegates today attended the meet ing of the peace committee on Turkish economic affairs, in spite of the international complications growing out of the execution of former Premier Gounaris and his associates^ Although the British minister has left Greece this does not constitute. a diplomatic break, it is said here, and the British will 'continue to participate in the cotr fference with the Greek delegates. ! - f?ir*?' I Proposed Treaty i With Turkey ? - - j Ismet Pasha Wants to Make i Agreement With United ^ -States ! ??? > I Lausanne, Nov. 2S (By the As sociated Press).?Turkey will be ' glad to make a general treaty with I the United States and will he hap py- to begin negotiations at any [time, Ismet Pasha informed the Associated Press tonight. The representative .of the Kem alist government has not yet be gun any treaty pourparlers with Ambassador Child, but said he stood ready to inaugurate an ex change of views at the first avail able moment. Ismet showed live ly interest in the reports that a treaty of amity and commerce would probably be an outcome of the Lausanne conference, and asked for information as to wheth er the American people wanted to develop their friendly relations with his country. - "We should have a new treaty dealing with commercial and con sular matters," he continued. "I hope, above all, that Americans will not worry about the future of ed ucational and philanthropic insti- j tutions in Turkey. We want them j to stay and have no intention ofi adopting laws which would embar-? rass the continuance of the admir able American altruistic work' among our people." ' Ismet seemed anxious about the j American official attitude towardsi the Turkish demands for abolition Of the capitulations, saying: "We wish to establish our own i courts and try all cases. Foreign- 1 ers may be assured that they will get a fair trial. We have heard J that Americans and others object; to our courts, as founded on the j religious tenets of Mohammed. This is not true. Religion is one thing in our country, laws another, j and the law will be fairly and hon estly administered." Reverting to the treaty, Ismet de clared that its negotiation- would be a splendid thing for Turco American relations, which the Turk ish people especially desired to cul-j tivate. He saw no necessity, of in- \ serting clauses concerning the treatment of American missionary institutions in the suggested treaty. ? ? < To Stimulate Southern Library Ao> tivitj\ Hot Springs, Ark., Nov. 15.? More than one thousand librarians; and trustees of public, college, j school and other libraries are ex-t pected to attend the annual confer- I ence of the American Library as- j sociation, which is to be held here j th* last week in April, next year. The association has in its mem- j bership" more than 0,000 librarians! and library trustees in almost ev- j ery section of the country. It has j for its purpose the advancement | of the library profession and tb<>J establishment and development of! libraries everywhere. ? Next year's meeting is being | planned at the request of many j southern members of the associa-' tlon who feel that the publicity re- | suiting from such a meeting wiil help to forward the library move ment in that section of the coun- ! try. Many personsxin the south | who have not attended meetings': because of the distnee from home. Plan to journey to Hot Springs to' Lake part in the program of de-j liberations, officials announce. Work on the program already] j has been started by George 1J. j i Utley. librarian of the New berry j library, Chicago, and president of I j the association. Members of the! [executive board are: Julia Ideson. ifouston: cjiiilm^rs Hadley. Den ver: Josephine A. Rath bone, i Brooklyn: Malcolm G. Wyer, Lin jcoln, Nebr.; Edward D. Tweedell, ichicago; H. II. 1',. Meyer. Washing jton: William W. Bishop, Ann Ar ! bor; Gratia A. Countryman. Min neapolis; George s. Godard; Hart ford: Carl B. Roden; Chicago; James I. Wyer. Albany. * ? * I Three of our most beautiful j words are "Dinner is ready." i Airplanes are going so high and j fast now it takes two nven to see j one. Washington, Nov. 28.?Senator Cummins announced today he had decided to withhold: the proposed bill amending the transportation act until next congress. Meadville, Penn., Nov. 28.?Bish op James M. Thoburn, of the Meth odist-Episcopal' church died here' today after a lingering illness. Mexico City, - -Nov.- 28.?Sixteen Americans, representing the South ern Commercial congress, arrived here tonight on a, to?r to promote better trade relations between the United States and Mexico; The committee is headed by Clarence' J. Owens, president of the Com mercial Congress. Columbia, Nov. 27.?Mrs. W. H. Kelly. 63, died at a local hospital' this afternoon shortly after being' struck by an automobile .on the Two Notch road, just out of Co lumbia. The accident occurred as Mrs. Kelly was attempting to pre- i vent a child from being run down, it is understood. Mrs. M. F. Harri son, of Edgewood, and Mrs. A. D. Daniels, were in the automobile, according to a report to Coroner J. H. Scott. Columbia, Nov. 28.?Frank M. Jeffords was sentenced yesterday to die December 22 for the murder of, his partner, J: C. Arnett. He will carry an appeal to the United States supreme court. Washington, Nov. 28.?When Republican leaders sought to bring the Dyer anti-lynching bill before the senate, opposition bordering on a filibuster developed. Senators Harrison, Smith of South Carolina and Underwood, threw the pro ceedings into a, parliamentary tangle and insisted that all routin'e for each session be taken up in regular order and forced a read ing of the Journal and roll "calls. J?rnen Voters Propose Legislation Chairman of Committee of League Preparing Strong : Report for Legislature Columbia, Nov. 27;?i-The legisla tive committee of the South Caro lina League of Women Voters will have strong recommendations for new legislation to' make to the South Carolina General; Assembly which meets in January. 2 Mrs. T. Reamer ise chairman of the committee, and? she states that she will probably have the report ?fei her committee completed during the next few weeks. ? The committee will probably meet this week with Governor Harvey, to confer regarding certain proposed and needed .legislation ?< The women will again this tinvt" ask for enactment of the Simonhoff bill, to require men to undergo physical examinations before be ing granted marriage licenses. Th*s bill, introduced by Representative Harry Simonhoff, of ? Charleston, has been in two legislative sess'ons already. In the 1921 session it found itself in a pigeon hole when the solons had all gone home. It was revived at the 1922 se*;'}n and came close to enactment, but] was brutally slain after a* hard fight was fought over it. In its I original form it provided for ex aminations of both men and wo men, Later the application to wo men was eliminated and it vas in tended only for the male party to the ciarriage contract. However, j opposition to it was strongly fos- j tored, and the bill breathed its last j late in the session, after a manly i struggle for life. j The women also want-a law to require feminine voters to pay poll! tax. They say they have the rights! of citizenship, and they should be required, as are the men, to help j in paying the bills. ! The women voters will also prob- j ably ask the legislature, as they j have asked in past years, for a j woman's building constructed along j proper lines, in the, state peniten tiary. Governor Hervey has en dorsed .this, and lie will probably discuss the matter with the wo men's legislative committee. The women voters platform is also likely to contain a plank for education, with a plea for liberal appropriations for the schools, es pecially the rural schools. Liberal support of Winthrop College and the woman's building at the Uni versity are possible planks, though no definite announcement regard ing these has as yet been made by the committee. Osaka Celebrates Bi-centenary of '?Shakespeare of Japan." Osaka,, Japan, Nov. 24.?Osaka celebrated the bi-centenary of Chikamatsu Monzaemon, poet and playwright, railed the Shakespeare of Japan, his life and works being closely identified with this town. One of his best works, entitled "Tenno Amijiina". was staged at th<- Nakaza Theatre by Nakamura Ganjiro. the best exponent of Chik amatsu's drama. Chikamatsu Monzaemon was born in the seventeenth century, in Choshu province, southern Japan, of a samurai family. After having served as a public servant he retir ed from official life and spent the rest of his days in Osaka and Kyo to, devoting himself to literary works. His plays number more than <>n?? hundred, many of which depict the life of the merchant class of Osaka. Nearly all of his dramas have been staged. ? Platinum-wedding rings are tak ing the place of gold wedding rings but don't seem to hold as well. .Collection For Year Nearly Billion and Half Less Than Last Year Washington, Nov. 26.?Federal tax collections during the fiscal year ended June 30. 2922, fell off jalmost $1,400,000,00.0, or 30 per cent, as compared with the pre vious year, according to the annual report of the internal revenue bu reau, issued tonight by Commis sioner Blair. Income and profits taxes collected during the year showed a decrease of $1,141,000, 000, or 35 per cent. Total tax collections for the year aggregated $3,197,451,083, com pared with $4,595,357,061 for 1921, while income and profits taxes for [r922 amounted to $2.080;91S,464, -against $3,228.137.673, the previous year. Miscellaneous collections arising from; taxation other than that on incomes and profits amounted to $1,110,532.618 for 1922, a decrease of $256,686,770 or 19 per cent. This slump, Mr. Blair declared, was accounted for mostly by the re peal or reduction in rates of va rious taxes provided for in the rev enue act of 1921, effective January 1, 1922. The next expenditure- for col lecting taxes for 1922 was $34.286, 651, which was equivalent to $1.07 for each. $100 collected-as compar ed with 72 cents for each $100 the previous year. "The difference in the relative r cost ? of collection for the fiscal years 1921 and 1922," Mr. Blair said, "is due mainly to the large reduction in the revenues of 1922, 'incident to the shrinkage in busi ness and incomes, the repeal of cer tain micellaneous war taxes and various provisions of the. law as the increase in individual exceptions contained in the revenue act of 1921; with the consequent reduc tion in the income tax liability ?of corporations and individuals.'' Of the various revenues, tobacco and fermented liquor taxes only showed increases over 1921. Col lections, other than income and 'profits taxes, for 1922, as compar ed with the preceding fiscal year were: Distilled spirits, including wines, $45,563,000. against $82* 538,000; fermented liquors, $46, 000 against $25,000; tobacco man ufacturers. $270,759,000 against $255,219,000; oleomargarine, $2, 121,000 against $2,986,000; capital stock tax, including other special taxes. $90.544,000 against $91,281, 000; miscellaneous, including war excise taxes since 1917, $686,881^* 000 against $914.227,000, and sales of internal revenue stamps by post masters. $14.616,000 against $20, 880,000-. ? - Approximately 1,250,000 income tax returns are received in Wash ington armuaUy, Mr. Blair reported. During the last fiscal year 954, 731 income and excess profits re turns were audited, of which 717>-v 897 were individual and partner ship returns and 236,852 were cor poration returns. On audit, with out field examination, $22.726,000 additional tax was assessed on indi vidual and partnership returns and $56,943,000 on corporation re turns. Revenue agents' reports on 24,868 individual and partnership returns were, reviewed in Wash ington during the year and $28. 885,000 in additional tax assessed, while review of 14,088 corporation resulted in an additional tax as sessment of $J78.717,000. Of 167,405 claims adjusted dur ing the year, a total of 139,631 claims involving. $182,371,000 were allowed and 27,774 involving $150,107,000 were rejected. Dur ing the preceding fiscal year 135, 637 claims involving $467,829,000 were received. A complete ieorganization of the activities of the prohibition unit, was effected during the year, re sulting in greater efficiency and expedition in the handling of work, Mr. Blair reported. A total of 2.036 cases, covering violations of the prohibition laws, was re ported by the new force of general agents, - and taxes amounting to $19,716,000 were reported for as sessment. The total payroll of the prphibition unit for 1922 was $6. 000,000, an increase of $2.000,000 over the previous year. Production of alcohol during the year aggregated 79,906.00(1 gallons a decrease of 5,000,000 gallons, while withdrawals of distilled spir its other than alcohol from bond ed warehouses aggregated 2.724.000 gallons, a decrease of 6,000,000 gal lons. Summary of the income and pro fits ta? receipt? during the year by states showed Xew York far in the lead in amount, with $527,095, 26S.7.">; Pennsylvania second, with $240.7!>S,07S.S2 and Illinois third with $l 79,633.?73.X1. Nevada was low with $564,023.45 and New Mexico next to low with $811,595. St;. Other states included: A la ba ma. $ 9.009.980.66. Florida, $8.433.602.21. Georgia, $ 1 4.270.049.82. Louisiana, $1 .".477.S26.rjS. M ississi p p i. $3.40-5.262.01. North Carolina. $23,179,559.81. South Carolina. $9,699,041.79. Tennessee. SI 4.1 74.01*2.51. Virginia, $18,577,380.51. Budget director says V. S. will live within its income next year. But will it live within ours? Enforcing the Pi'bhibition Law Greatest Obstacle to Enforce ment is Big Prof its in Boot legging Business Washington, Nov. 27.?The law enforcement arms of the govern ment were said by high treasury officials today to be without any j plans, or. proposals looking to ai more thorough enforcement of the Volstead Act, although the subject was gone over in detail at the cabinet meeting with President Handing Friday. Secretary Mellon J I was represented as being unable to | j offer any solution to the problem I while the returns from the illicit! traffic in liquor continued so large, j Prohibition officials have made and are making the best uses of the tools they have in checking the liquor traffic, according to the view said to have been taken by the treasury head. He was said to have declined to express an opinion as to whether a liberaliza- j tion of the Volstead law would re-j duce the- amount of "bootleg" whiskey brought into the country The treasury secretary was un-i iderstood to believe that "complete" | enforcement could not be expected j under present conditions- The im- j pressipn was given that he believed it would take much more money^j and a far greater, staff of enforce-j ment officers than how were avail- j able in order to throttle the im- ! portations and fraudulent with drawals from bonded warehouses as well as to defeat the sale of liquor once it was in the hands of dealers.. .Large profits seemed to be one jof the most direct causes of heavy j traffic in liquor in the. Secretary's j view. But how to break up the-j big profits proved another matter which Mr. Mellon was said to have declared presented, for the present, an insoluble problem. White House statements of last Friday, according to Treasury offi- I ein Is, represented only the gist of] discussions at the cabinet meetings j No methods for reaching the liquor traffic by expanded facilities were I "said to have been broached then j nor since and it .was assumed that j the treasury would not ask con gress for a greater sum for en- j forcement than was accorded in the current year. Treasury^ officials declined to say today whether thej reported amount ? approximately nine million dollars?would pro j vide money with which they could j expand enforcement operations. ] Railroad Wins Gase Against Mo ! torist. ? ? Pittsburgh Pa., Nov. 20.?The ; Pennsylvania system, which recent I ly announced its determination to \ file counter suits against motorists seeking damages as a consequence of collisions, -won. its initial case in county court here today. J On December 5, 1921, a Pennsyl vania flyer hit an a'utomobile be- 1 J longing to C. J. Ramsey of Sewiek j ley, ? near Dixmont. Ramsey *sued [for $3,000 damages, claiming his machine was wrecked. The rail road countered with a claim for for $^06.08. The jury returned a j verdict for the defendant. ! The Pennsylvania offered testi imony to show the crossing gates [were down' and that Ramsey, un iable to stop his machine, crashed j through them. Damages were 'sought as follows: Shanty, $73.20; j crossing gates, $10.02 ; danger sign, $9.86; locomotive,. $21.40. A statement issued by the Pennsylvania road tonight declar jed that thisspolicy will be vigorous ly followed in the future, -when ever investigation indicates that an automobilist is responsible for 'damages resulting from a collision* In these days of-robbers speed 1 ing away in autos it is relief .to learn an Ohio thief escaped on a cow. Pork costs most aft'cr it is made into chicken salad. DOINGS OF THE DUFFS VOCATIONAL TRAINING Applications For Training s iClose December 15th mmmm. v TABLETS < Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 25.?Ar warning has been issued to former: service men and women throughout' the United State by Joe Sparks, ' chairman of the national rehabili-; tation committee of the American I Legion, that all veterajs who de- j sire vocational training and have j not made application must do so! under the present law before De- j cember IG. 1922. Those who wait until after this ] Ndate will forfeit their right of re ceiving this' government training. There are several ways in which this application can be made. The claimant may make application by FOR CONSTOATK?l BILIOUSNESS Hi Stomach Trouble - -SOLO EVERYWHERE- : day on December 15. Applications mailed later than this date will he too late. A'person who is in doubt as to whether he has a valid application on file should take steps infme ' writing a letter expressingva desire : diately to aseertain'his status from to apply for vocational work to j one of the offices of the bureau.. [any one 6f the bureau offices locat [ed^throughout the United States. It The government is eager that all former service men who are en is necessary for the applicant to titled to the benefits of thte act sign his name so that the bureau j should take advantage of this op may consider the application ?s 1 portunity. All applications receiv made by the man himself. It is ad- \ ed will.have the fullest cbnsidera visable for the applicant to make ition and'if the facts presented are ? his application in person at one j sufficient to meet the provisions of of the district or sub-district of fices of the U. S. Veterans' Bureau, although this is not absolutely nec essary. Forms may be obtained at anV the rehabilitation act, the claimant will be awarded the benefits provid ed under the law. . The name of Mr.'J. H. McCoHum, one of the bureau offices or from jthrough an error was omitted'in ? any- of the cooperating agencies jthe Ust of merchants who are [such as the American Legion, The in? their plaG?s 0f business during Red Cross and other veteran organ- the relisious meetings being; held lizations. These forms should be ? ;n the city filled out, signed and forwarded to m m r ' one of the veteran bureau offices. Loud advertimng - may not pay if a person 1S so situated that he but count the uumher of peotHe-^ is unable to obtain one of these;tne next free for-all dog fight. - ? forms, a letter will be accepted as ! . o ? cr an application. j ..-rhe only thing some people ever Where the post mark of such let- j do in their life woxth telling is their ter .or the form shows that it was ? newspaper funeral notice, made on or before December 15,1 jthe application will be considered j A human- being can overlook a fas where the man enters the office jhoot owl or a howling cat, but no*, before the close of the working a midnight phonograph musician. EVERETT TRUE /^ou> much is twat AO- TocseTMerR. * E= ?vs'WtWat tpivs -A*\iT> RINC ioH CFftS THeY'R^ MOT C=C* ACtAiAYS Out OC^ * ^-Lr BY ALL?^N ie amd fjxed :A?TfF?L / tom, WHAT ARE 1 vou look img fo? y 1N THERE ? J I WANT To Fl KD " ^ / feed the turkev! what do suppose